Name: DC
(American comics corporation).Personal dates: Founded in 1934 by Malcolm
Wheeler-Nicholson (1890-1968) as National Allied Publications,
but the name changed in 1937 to Detective Comics (later
shortened to DC). Stopped
in 2011.
Other creations: Too numerous to mention here. Please
look under DC in the Creators section.
Successors: None.
Comments: The corporation's logo changed several times
over the years. The selected one ran from 1976 to 2005.

MAIN STORY

The series premiered in
1957*. Stopped in 1968* after 136 issues.

The series
describes a freelance group of air fighter pilots based on Blackhawk
Island. They battle any non-democratic villains they come up against
ranging from Nazis to communists to terrorists. In this the second run,
though, the focus is partly on mad scientists, aliens, and monsters. The
group's leader is Bart Hawk AKA Blackhawk.

* Initially, the
series started in Military Comics in 1941, and it has been revived several times since
then.